Grow ECE

Education institution number:
47169
Service type:
Education and Care Service
Definition:
Not Applicable
Total roll:
86
Telephone:
Address:

58 Ashley Place, Papamoa Beach, Papamoa

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Grow ECE

ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.

ERO’s Judgement

Regulatory standards

ERO’s judgement

Curriculum

Meeting

Premises and facilities

Meeting

Health and safety

Meeting

Governance, management, and administration

Meeting

Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.

Background

Grow ECE is owned and governed by Conscious Collective Education. A village leader oversees daily operations. Children learn in four aged-based rooms. The roll includes around one fifth identifying as tamariki Māori, a small cohort of Pacific and Indian learners and a wide range of other ethnicities. 

Summary of Review Findings

The curriculum is underpinned by Te Whāriki, early childhood curriculum. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. Children are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning, both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups.

Regular opportunities (formal and informal) are provided for parents to communicate with staff about their child and be involved in decision making. A philosophy statement and annual plan guide the service’s operation. Suitable human resource practices are implemented.

Actions for Compliance

Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:

  • the documented process for supporting children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour

  • a record of information and guidance sought from agencies relating to positive guidance strategies

  • all glass accessible to children being made of either safety glass, covered by an adhesive film or guarded by barriers

  • securing all heavy items that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage.

[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, C10, C13, PF7, HS6].

Next ERO Review

The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.

Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

27 February 2023 

Information About the Service

Early Childhood Service Name

Grow ECE

Profile Number

47169

Location

Papamoa

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

100 children, including up to 25 aged under 2

Percentage of qualified teachers

80-99%

Service roll

101

Review team on site

January 2023

Date of this report

27 February 2023

Most recent ERO report(s)

Akanuku | Assurance Review, March 2022;   Education Review, August 2018

General Information about Assurance Reviews

All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.

Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.

ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:

  • having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation

  • previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’

  • that has moved from a provisional to a full licence

  • that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership

  • where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:

  • curriculum

  • premises and facilities

  • health and safety practices

  • governance, management and administration.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulatory standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:

  • emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)

  • physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)

  • suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)

  • relevant evacuation procedures and practices.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:

  • discussions with those involved in the service

  • consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems

  • observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.

Grow ECE

ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.

ERO’s Judgement

Regulatory standards

ERO’s judgement

Curriculum

Meeting

Premises and facilities

Meeting

Health and safety

Not meeting

Governance, management and administration

Meeting

At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed.

Background

This is the first ERO review of Grow ECE Limited under new ownership. Two owner/directors share governance responsibilities. A village leader manages day-to-day operation. Children from birth to school age learn and play alongside a teaching team in four age-based settings. A full licence was reissued in March 2021.

Summary of Review Findings

Children experience an inclusive curriculum that is responsive to their needs as confident and competent learners. They have opportunities to develop an understanding of the dual cultural heritages of Aotearoa New Zealand. Meaningful, positive interactions with adults, in language rich environments, enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.

Opportunities to involve parents and whānau in their children’s learning are provided. Premises and facilities are resourced to provide for the learning and abilities of children. A policy framework and annual plan guide day-to-day operation. Consistent implementation of health and safety practices is required to meet all aspects of regulatory compliance.

Actions for Compliance

ERO found an area of non-compliance in the service relating to:

  • carrying out all relevant emergency drills with children on an at least three-monthly basis, and maintain a record of how evaluation of the drills has informed the annual review of the service’s emergency plan.

[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres, 2008 HS8]

Recommendation to Ministry of Education

ERO recommends the Ministry follows up with the service provider to ensure that non-compliances identified in this report are addressed promptly.

Next ERO Review

The next ERO review will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.

Shelley Booysen
Acting Director Review and Improvement Services
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

21 March 2022 

Information About the Service

Early Childhood Service Name

Grow ECE
Profile Number  47169
Location Papamoa Beach, Papamoa

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

100 children, including up to 25 aged under 2

Percentage of qualified teachers

80-99%

Service roll

96

Ethnic composition

Māori 23, NZ European/Pākehā 45, Pacific 4, Indian 6, other ethnic groups 18.

Review team on site

December 2021

Date of this report

21 March 2022

Most recent ERO report(s)

Education Review, August 2018

General Information about Assurance Reviews

All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.

Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.

ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:

  • having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
  • previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’
  • that has moved from a provisional to a full licence
  • that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership
  • where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:

  • curriculum

  • premises and facilities

  • health and safety practices

  • governance, management and administration.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:

  • emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)

  • physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)

  • suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher certification; ratios)

  • evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:

  • discussions with those involved in the service

  • consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems

  • observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.